Chapter 4 Quiz
Which of the following is NOT protected by the First Amendment
freedom of bearing arms
The individual right that is the most basic of democratic rights is
freedom of expression
Gideon v. Wainwright required the states to
furnish attorneys for poor defendants in felony cases.
In the case of McNabb v. United States Justice Felix Frankfurther defined "history of liberty" primarily in terms of whether
governments had observed procedural guarantees
The USA Patrol
grants the government new powers of surveillance increased the capacity of the federal government to combat terrorism domestically allowed the creation of phone records gatherings program by the NSA was enacted in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 All of these answers are correct
The Supreme Court
has generally protected symbolic speech almost as substantially as it has protected verbal speech
In its Bradenbury v. Ohio ruling, the Supreme Court established ______ test
imminent lawless action
In 1987 the supreme court ruled that creationism
is a religious doctrine, not a scientific theory
Like all other rights, the right of free expression is
not absolute
The conviction of members of the U.S. communist party in the early 1950s was initially upheld as a lawful restriction of the right
of free speech
The Supreme Courts position on prior restraint of the press is that
prior restraint should occur only under very compelling circumstances, and it is better to hold the press responsible for what it has printed than to restraint what it may print
According to the Supreme Court, which is true regarding freedom of assembly?
public officials can regulate the time, place and conditions of public assembly, provided the regualtions are reasonable
Justice Holme's clear and present danger test holds that government can
restrict speech that threatens national security
The inclusion of certain provisions of the Bill of Rights through the Fourteenth amendment so that these rights are protected from. infringements by the state government is called
selective incorporation
The Miranda warning was strengthened by the Supreme Court in 2004 in
Missouri v. Siebert
The Fourteenth Amendment protects Americans from
unreasonable searches
In its 2011 Snyder v. Phelps ruling, the Supreme court held that Westboro Baptist Church protests at military funerals
were a constitutionally protected form of free speech
Government can lawfully prevent a political rally from taking place
when it can demostrate that harmful acts will necessarily result from the rally
Libel applies to defamation of an individual's reputation through the
written word
The right to an attorney is guaranteed by the ______ amendment
Sixth
Spoken words that are known to be false and harmful to a persons reputation are an example of
slander
The Supreme Court has reasoned that a right of privacy is provided that
the implication of the right to privacy by the freedoms in the Bill of Rights
Which of the following , relative to the others is typically more protective of individual rights
the judiciary
According to the Supreme Court, what is the status of prayer in the public schools?
state supported prayers are not allowed in public schools
In deciding two 2014 cases involving the legality of searching a suspect's cell phone, the supreme court ruled that
the cell phone cannot be searched in most circumstances without a warrant
In Bowers v. Hardwick (1986), the Supreme Court justices determined that
the right to privacy does not include homosexual acts
School prayer in the public school was ruled unconstitutional in
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Which constitutional amendment protects the individual against self discrimination
Fifth
Which of the following amendments contains a due process clause?
Fourteenth
Gideon v. Wainwright is to the sixth amendment as mapp v. ohio is to the
Fourth Amendment
In the Constitution, procedural due process is protected in various ways by the
Fourth Amendment Fifth Amendment Sixth Amendment Eighth Amendment All of these answers are correct
Which state has the highest incarceration rate
Louisiana
"You have the right to remain silent...... Anything you say and will be used against you in a court law.... You have the right to an attorney..." This is called what
Miranda warning
Since the 1980s, the Supreme Court has addressed the exclusionary rule by
None of these answers are correct
The right to privacy was instrumental in which decison
Roe v. Wade
Which of the following countries canes closest to the United States in terms of the percentage of its citizens who are behind bars
Russia
Which of the following is true of the appeal process
the constitution does not guarantee an appeal after conviction but the federal government and all states permit at least one appeal
Which of the following is true about the section Act of 1798
The Act prohibited malicious newspaper stories about the president
According to the Supreme Court, prayer in public school violates
the establishment clause
How did the Supreme Courts position on the rights of the criminally accused in state courts change in the 1960s?
The Supreme Court began to protect the rights of a accused from action by the states
According to freedom house, which of the following countries has the highest degree of freedom
United States
The freedoms of speech, press, assembly and religion are found in
the first amendment
According to the Supreme Court, prior restraint on the press is only acceptable if
the government can clearly justify the restriction
What is the greatest restriction on appeals in the United States
a federal law that bars in most instances a second appeal by a prisoner
The individual freedoms in the Bill of Rights were extended by the fourteenth amendment to include protection from deprivation of due process rights
actions of state and local governments
When can police legally begin their interrogation of a suspect
after the suspect has been warned that his or her words can be used as evidence
In planned parenthood v. Casey (1992), the Justices
allowed a restriction on abortion services as long as it did not cause "undue burden" on the women
What Illinois policy did the Supreme Court invalidate with its decision in Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968?
allowing the prosecution an unlimited number of challenges in capital cases
The inevitable discovery exception
allows the use of normally inadmissible evidence that would have been discovered by other means or through other forms of evidence
The term civil liberties refers to specific individual rights that
are constitutionally protected from infringement by government
The Edward Snowden leaks about the NSA surveillance program
brought changes in how Americans phone data was stored for NSA retrieval
In the Johnson flag burning case, the Supreme Court ruled that flag burning
cannot be prohibited even though it may be offensive
What was the main conclusion of the Supreme Court 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller and 2010 decision in McDonald v. Chicago
citizens are allowed to own guns for legitimate purposes such as for protecting the home
If a person yells "Fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire, and people are hurt in the ensuing panic, that individual has abused his or her freedom of speech, according to the doctrine of
clear and present language
In the 2014 case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby stores, the supreme court ruled that
companies with only few owners can refuse, on religious grounds to include contraceptives in employees health coverage
In Mapp v. Ohio the selective incorporation process was extended to include
criminal proceedings in the states
In a 2004 case involving the issue in whether a U.S. citizen accused of terrorism acts is entitled to constitutional protections, the supreme court held that citizens
do have the right to challenge their own detentions in court
The Lemon test is designed to
ensure the secular nature of a government action.
The exclusionary rule states that
evidence obtained illegally is admissible in court
The establishment abuse prohibits government from
favoring one religion over another or supporting religion over no religion